GDPR-Compliant PII Redaction

Automatically detect and redact personal data to meet GDPR requirements. Open-source solution with built-in GDPR presets for European data protection compliance.

What is GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation that governs data protection and privacy for individuals within the EU and EEA. It requires organizations to protect personal data and gives individuals control over their personal information.

GDPR defines personal data as any information that can directly or indirectly identify a person, including names, email addresses, IP addresses, and more.

GDPR Preset

OpenRedaction includes a built-in GDPR preset that detects all personal data types covered by GDPR regulations, including names, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, and more.

Data Residency

Self-host OpenRedaction on your own infrastructure to ensure all processing happens within the EU. No data leaves your environment by default.

Right to Erasure

Automate the redaction of personal data from documents, logs, and databases to support GDPR's "right to be forgotten" requirements.

Compliance Automation

Integrate PII detection into your data processing pipelines to automatically identify and protect personal data before storage or sharing.

GDPR Personal Data Types Detected

Names (first, last, full names)
Email addresses
Phone numbers
IP addresses
Physical addresses
Date of birth
National identification numbers
Credit card numbers
Passport numbers
Driver's license numbers

Use Cases for GDPR Redaction

Data Export Compliance

Redact personal data from data exports and backups before sharing with third parties or moving data across borders.

Log Management

Remove PII from application logs before sending to log management tools or analytics platforms to ensure GDPR compliance.

Document Sharing

Automatically redact personal data from documents before sharing internally or externally to prevent unauthorized access.

Subject Access Requests

Support GDPR's right to access by identifying and redacting third-party personal data from documents shared with data subjects.

Get Started with GDPR Redaction

OpenRedaction's GDPR preset makes it easy to comply with European data protection regulations. The open-source library is free and can be self-hosted within the EU.